2022_Midlothian_Council_election Knowpia

2022 Midlothian Council election
All 18 seats to Midlothian Council; 10 seats needed for a majority
Registered	75,636
Turnout	42.4%
Council Leader before election; Derek Milligan; Labour	Council Leader after election ; Kelly Parry; SNP

The 2022 Midlothian Council election took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Scottish local elections. The election used the seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 23 councillors being elected. Each ward elected three members, using the STV electoral system.^[1]

For the first time, the Scottish National Party emerged as the largest party on the council with eight seats, with Scottish Labour winning seven and the Scottish Conservatives three.^[2]

Results edit

2022 Midlothian Council election^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SNP	8	2	0	2	44.44	37.6	11,844	{{{plus/minus}}}
Labour	7	0	0	0	38.89	33.5	10,575	{{{plus/minus}}}
Conservative	3	0	2	2	16.67	16.7	5,270	{{{plus/minus}}}
Scottish Green	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.27	2,542	{{{plus/minus}}}
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.78	1,025	{{{plus/minus}}}
Alba	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.7	220	{{{plus/minus}}}
Libertarian	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.2	58	{{{plus/minus}}}

Wards edit

Penicuik edit

2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab
2017-2022: 1 SNP gain from Con

Penicuik - 3 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Debbi McCall (incumbent)	31.80	1,639
	Labour	Willie McEwan	23.90	1,234	1,261.76	1,268.97	1,418.90
	Conservative	Richard Thomson	17.70	912	917.12	923.12	1,003.12	1,037.30	1,073.01
	SNP	Connor McManus	11.43	589	857.42	869.06	889.34	904.96	1,159.25	1,276.17
	Scottish Green	Helen Armstrong	7.43	383	409.27	416.27	482.19	508.33
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Brown	6.81	351	356.98	364.98
	Alba	George Boyd	0.83	46	46.85
Electorate: 11,133 Valid: 5,154 Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,289 Turnout: 5,242 (47.1%)

Bonnyrigg edit

2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2022: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2017-2022 Change: No change

Bonnyrigg - 3 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Labour	Derek Milligan (incumbent)	40.36	2,428
	SNP	Dianne Alexander	35.19	2,117
	Conservative	David Virgo	23.52	1,012	1,299.0	1,323.87	1,720.07
	Scottish Green	Daya Feldwick	7.63	459	735.74	1,155.49
Electorate: 14,239 Valid: 6,016 Spoilt: 57 Quota: 1,505 Turnout: 6,073 (48.5%)

Dalkeith edit

2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2017-2022 Change: No change

Dalkeith - 3 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Stephen Curran (incumbent)	27.00	1,163
	SNP	Colin Cassidy (incumbent)	23.50	1,012	1,017.92	1,035.92	1,133.21
	Labour	Margot Russell (incumbent)	18.58	800	881.14	894.36	953	956.86	1,199.24
	SNP	Karen Green	11.63	501	503.29	508.29	602.51	648.35	663.57
	Conservative	Mark Wells	10.66	459	462.77	464.77	482.77	483.42
	Scottish Green	Marion Black	6.90	299	301.29	311.37
	Alba	Jamie Bryant	1.60	56	56.37
Electorate: 11,594 Valid: 4,306 Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,077 Turnout: 4,423 (38.1%)

Midlothian West edit

2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2017-2022 Change: No change

Midlothian West - 3 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Russell Imrie (incumbent)	26.70	1,645
	SNP	Pat Kenny	18.65	1,149	1,158.29	1,176.36	1,206.94	1,370.59
	Conservative	Pauline Winchester (incumbent)	18.57	1,144	1,161.7	1,167.89	1,323.75	1,386.98	1,397.23
	SNP	Kelly Parry (incumbent)	18.27	1,126	1,131.56	1,143.56	1,159.52	1,449.55	2,643.65
	Scottish Green	Jill Simon	10.13	624	636.77	649.22	773.32
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Chandler	6.49	400	431.1	441.18
	Alba	Andrew Coventry	1.20	74	76.09
Electorate: 13,917 Valid: 6,162 Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,541 Turnout: 6,267 (45%)

Midlothian East edit

2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2017-2022 Change: No change

Midlothian East - 3 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Bryan Pottinger	29.81	1,473
	Conservative	Peter Smaill (incumbent)	22.38	1,106	1,153.30	1,255.71
	SNP	Stuart McKenzie (incumbent)	21.15	1,045	1,060.93	1,079.79	1,080.28	1,254.15
	SNP	Ann Montague	12.46	616	634.34	657.59	658.26	805.99
	Scottish Green	Bill Kerr-Smith	8.66	428	456.16	575.88	578.78
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Marr	5.54	274	336.91
Electorate: 12,229 Valid: 4,942 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,236 Turnout: 5,000 (40.9%)

Midlothian South edit

2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab
2017-2022 Change: 1 SNP gain from Con

Midlothian South - 3 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Kelly Drummond (incumbent)	25.09	1,243
	SNP	Ellen Scott	21.09	1,045	1,045.09	1,051.09	1,053.09	1,185.1	1,206.12	1,345.55
	SNP	Douglas Bowen	20.29	1,005	1,005.13	1,013.13	1,018.13	1,072.13	1,097.13	1,223.54
	Conservative	Robin Stenhouse	12.86	637	637.10	642.1	658.11	678.11
	Labour	Hazel Flanagan	11.57	573	576.46	579.47	588.07	680.50	999.59
	Scottish Green	Malcolm Spaven	7.04	349	349.06	356.06	370.06
	Libertarian	Daniel Fraser	1.17	58	58	63
	Alba	Christopher Hampton	0.88	44	44
Electorate: 12,524 Valid: 4,954 Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,239 Turnout: 5,074 (40.5%)

Aftermath edit

On 24 May, the SNP group announced that it had secured support to run a minority administration in Midlothian.^[10] Kelly Parry was elected leader of the council with Debbi McCall serving as provost.^[11]

Notes edit

References edit

^ Map showing the_Wards within the Midlothian Area
^ Sharp, Marie (7 May 2022). "SNP take most seats in Midlothian". Midlothian View. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
^ "Midlothian result - Scottish Council Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
^ Cochrane, Lynn. "Local Government Election 2022". www.midlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 2 Bonnyrigg". midlothian.gov.uk.
^ "Candidate Votes per Stage Report - Ward 3 Dalkeith". midlothian.gov.uk.
^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 4 Midlothian" (PDF). midlothian.gov.uk.
^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 5 Midlothian East". midlothian.gov.uk.
^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 6 Midlothian South". midlothian.gov.uk.
^ Morrison, Hamish (24 May 2022). "Midlothian Council: SNP take control after 'Better Together' deal". The National. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ Bowen, Phil (24 May 2022). "Midlothian's new Provost and Council Leader elected". Midlothian View. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[1] Map showing the_Wards within the Midlothian Area

[2] Sharp, Marie (7 May 2022). "SNP take most seats in Midlothian". Midlothian View. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

[3] "Midlothian result - Scottish Council Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2022.

[4] Cochrane, Lynn. "Local Government Election 2022". www.midlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[5] "Declaration of Results - Ward 2 Bonnyrigg". midlothian.gov.uk.

[6] "Candidate Votes per Stage Report - Ward 3 Dalkeith". midlothian.gov.uk.

[7] "Declaration of Results - Ward 4 Midlothian" (PDF). midlothian.gov.uk.

[8] "Declaration of Results - Ward 5 Midlothian East". midlothian.gov.uk.

[9] "Declaration of Results - Ward 6 Midlothian South". midlothian.gov.uk.

[10] Morrison, Hamish (24 May 2022). "Midlothian Council: SNP take control after 'Better Together' deal". The National. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[11] Bowen, Phil (24 May 2022). "Midlothian's new Provost and Council Leader elected". Midlothian View. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

Summary